Seven Dials Covent Garden is a unique quarter of London whose star-shaped layout remains as constructed in the early 1690s. It was brought back to life largely through the dedication of the Seven Dials Trust, working in partnership with the local authorities and landowners for nearly forty years.

The Trust’s People’s Plaque scheme highlights 30 fascinating people and institutions from the very local to the international. Lionel Lukin who invented the lifeboat has no plaque in London, neither does Syd Barrett, one of the founders of the Pink Floyd.  Did you know that ‘having a kip’ derives from the lodging house of the same name in Short's Gardens where ‘residents’ slept leaning over a rope to maximise space?

  Sponsors' names are inscribed on a small plaque installed at eye level below the main plaque.

  This will also feature a QR code leading to further information on this site about the person or institution commemorated.  

  View the full list of People’s Plaques online here.

  View the interactive locations map here